IDENTIFIERS
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id:	49565
accession number:	E.24.1898

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Calcite bowl, inscribed with a hawk/falcon over a moon disk, which may refer to a royal festival because of the connection between Horus the hawk and the ruling king. To the left the bowl is inscribed with an inverted 'ka' sign (a Ka sign is in the form of two raised hands) and a scorpion. A ka sign is typically associated with the Ka spirit, which best compared to the concept of the soul of a person.  This type of inscribed bowl was possibly associated with a festival. The centre is simply chiselled out. This type of stone 'calcite' is sometimes called alabaster.
title:	bowl

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Antiquities

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49565





TECHNIQUES
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carved
chiselled

CATEGORIES
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category: vessel

DATING
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creation date:	3000 - 2500
creation date earliest:	3000
creation date latest:	2500
culture:	Predynastic
culture:	Early Dynastic Period


DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Diameter
units: cm
value: 11

dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 7.6



CITATIONS
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Hierakonpolis I
Hierakonpolis II
Monumenta Aegyptiaca
Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs and paintings. Vol.5, Upper Egypt : sites (Deir Rîfa to Aswân, excluding Thebes and the temples of Abydos, Dendera, Esna, Edfu, Kôm Ombo and Philae)
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